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Yungil Shin, MD1; Harin Kim, MD2; Taeyeop Lee, MD3; Seonok Kim, MSc4; Sae Byul Lee, MD, PhD1; Jisun Kim, MD, PhD1; Il Yong Chung, MD, PhD1; Beom Seok Ko, MD, PhD1; Jong Won Lee, MD, PhD1; Byung Ho Son, MD, PhD1; Sei Hyun Ahn, MD, PhD1; Hyo-Won Kim, MD, PhD3; Hee Jeong Kim, MD, PhD1
1Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
2Department of Neuropsychiatry, Chamjoeun Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
3Department of Psychiatry, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
4Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Drs Shin and H. Kim contributed equally to this work as co–first authors.
Drs H-W. Kim and H. J. Kim contributed equally to this work as co–senior authors.
Corresponding Author: Hee Jeong Kim, MD, PhD
Abstract
Importance: The number of patients with breast cancer who have children is substantial. However, the emotional burden of this disease and its implication for childhood development remain largely unknown.
Objective: To investigate the clinical factors in parenting stress in mothers with breast cancer and the association of maternal depression and parenting stress with their children's emotional development.
Design, setting, and participants: This cross-sectional study involved a survey of females with stage 0 to 3 breast cancer and was conducted from June 2020 to April 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Participants were aged 20 to 45 years and completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression-Revised scale and basic questionnaires on demographic and clinical characteristics. Participants with children completed the Korean Parenting Stress Index Short Form (K-PSI-SF), Child Behavior Checklist, Junior Temperament and Character Inventory, and Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire.
Exposure: Having children in patients with breast cancer.
Main outcomes and measures: Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses were performed to investigate the association between maternal depression and parenting stress.
Results: A total of 699 females (mean [SD] age, 39.6 [4.6] years) were included, of whom 499 had children (mean [SD] age of children, 8.0 [2.7] years). Depression was more common in patients with children (odds ratio [OR], 2.25; 95% CI, 1.01-5.05) and patients who had gonadotropin-releasing hormone treatment (OR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.15-2.44). Disease duration was inversely associated with depression (OR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.76-0.96). Cancer-related factors were not associated with the K-PSI-SF score. Having children aged 6 years or older (β = 3.09; 95% CI, 0.19-5.99); being the sole primary caregiver (β = -3.43; 95% CI, -5.87 to -0.99); and reporting certain temperament (eg, novelty seeking: β = 0.58; 95% CI, 0.46-0.71), emotional problems (eg, anxious/depressed: β = 8.09; 95% CI, 3.34-12.83), and sleeping pattern (eg, bedtime resistance: β = 0.57; 95% CI, 0.15-0.99) subscale scores in their children were associated with parenting stress. Depression and parenting stress were correlated (β = 0.56; 95% CI, 0.45-0.66; P < .001). The emotional challenges encountered by children of mothers with breast cancer were not significantly different from reference values.
Conclusions and relevance: This study found that in patients with breast cancer, child-related factors and depression were significantly associated with parenting stress, but breast cancer-related factors were not correlated. The findings suggest that mothers with breast cancer are susceptible to both depression and parenting stress and that tailored counseling and support are needed.
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